onsdag
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish othænsdagh, from Old Norse óðinsdagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, a calque of the Latin dies Mercurii (“Wednesday”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoːnˀsda/, [ˈo̝nˀsd̥æ]
- Rhymes: -a
Inflection
Declension of onsdag
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | onsdag | onsdagen | onsdage | onsdagene |
genitive | onsdags | onsdagens | onsdages | onsdagenes |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.
See also
References
- “onsdag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
The word is originally a short form for Odens dag, meaning day of Oden. (Note: "Oden" and "Odin" are alternative spellings of the same name.) From Old Swedish oþinsdagher, from Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʊnsdɑːɡ/, /ˈʊnsda/
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Declension
Declension of onsdag | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | onsdag | onsdagen | onsdagar | onsdagarna |
Genitive | onsdags | onsdagens | onsdagars | onsdagarnas |
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- onsdag in Svensk ordbok.
- onsdag in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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